Chicken cacciatore, is one of the most popular Italian recipes. Named “pollo alla cacciatora”, this recipe is prepared with some little differences in almost all the regions of Italy. I like sear the chicken reduced into pieces before slowly cook it into a fresh tomatoes sauce. Garlic, rosemary and give at the meat a delicious flavor. Even if it’s possible braise the meat with white wine, I suggest baste with red wine in order to make the taste of the sauce bold!

For the “Cinco de Mayo” I desired to eat a delicious Mexican chicken (like all of us!), but not one of the usual Mexican recipes. I wanted to find out a recipe that I had never experienced before. After a little ‘research, I chose the chicken in “Salsa de Almendras”, a fantastic, quite unknown, recipe made with almond sauce. If you’ve never tried it, I highly recommend it! The recipe that I’ve written below is faithful to the original, I followed a small personal variant only finishing the dish to make the almond sauce even more creamy!
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